6 USB Interface
Standard USB mini B on the front panel. Before the USB interface can be used, it is necessary to install the appropriate drivers on
the control computer. The corresponding drivers can be found in the software download area on our website.
Internally, the USB interface is realized by a USB serial circuit of type
, see chapter 14 Appendix. In the PC, this is
represented as a virtual serial interface (COM port). The control of the device is therefore possible with all programs that support
a serial interface, for example a terminal program.
6.1. Driver Installation
The FTDI VCP driver (Virtual COM Port) can be downloaded from
Software Tools “FTDI-USB-Serial-Driver-Windows-2.x.x.exe”
➜
→
➜
Usb connection test
To determine if the installation was successful, check if the serial USB interface is shown in the Device Manager.
Start the Device Manager with:
Windows 7:
Start Control Panel Device Manager
➜
➜
or Windows 10:
Press the key combination W R. Type the command: devmgmt.msc.
All devices get an USB Serial Port assigned in section Ports (COM & LPT), in this case COM3:
Figure 3: Device Manager
The connection to the device can be tested with
, see chapter 14 Appendix.
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